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By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal APF Club have registered second consecutive win in the ongoing Lalitpur Mayor Women’s T20 Championship on Wednesday. The departmental team defeated Sudur Paschim by 6 wickets in their second match. APF, who were chasing a modest target of 90 runs, met the target in 16.5 overs losing 4 wickets. Roma Thapa contributed 23 runs off 29 balls for APF. Mamta Chaudhary was unbeaten on 14 runs off 19 balls. Opener Jyoti Pande contributed 11 runs, while Sita Ranamagar scored four, Indu Berma 10 and Sarita Magar 9 runs. Sudur Paschim’s Ishwari Thapa bagged 2 wickets while captain Ritu Kanojia bagged 1 wicket. Earlier, Sudur Paschim opted to bat first at the TU ground after winning the toss and were all out for 89 runs in 20 overs. Kabita Kunwar tops...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Former captain of the national women’s cricket team of Nepal Nery Thapa scored a hat-trick to help Lumbini Province defeat Lalitpur Mayors XI in their Lalitpur Mayor’s Women’s Championship T20 Championship on Wednesday.  Lumbini defeated Lalitpur XI by two runs. Chasing a target of 95 runs for victory, Lalitpur XI managed to score 92 runs in 20 overs losing 9 wickets. Lalitpur were in need of 7 runs from the last six balls. Nery Thapa gave away one run to Asmina Karmacharya in the first ball of the last over. In her second ball, Khusi Dangol was out for LBW. She then bowled out Shila Chhetri for a duck in the third ball. Thapa then bowled out Elisa Yadav for a duck in the next ball to complete the hat-trick. Anjali Bishwakarma  then added one...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal’s national cricket team captain Sandeep Lamichhane and opener Kushal Bhurtel have leapfrogged in the ICC T20I rankings. Kushal Bhurtel jumped from 65th position to 39th. Dipendra Singh Airee climbed to 50th spot from 52nd. Both the players made significant improvement in batting ranking. Meanwhile, captain Lamichhane improved his bowling ranking from 63rd position to 43rd. Lamichhane has moved ahead of renowned players such as South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada and Australia’s fast bowler Pat Cummins. Cumins is ranked 47th while Rabada is 48th. Nepal’s fast bowler Avinash Bohara also climbed 12 spots in the rankings to the 86th position. Four bowlers of Nepal made significant improvement in their ICC rankings thanks to the exemplary p...

By a Staff Reporter Muscat - Nepal’s hopes of qualifying for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup have come to an end with a 68-run defeat to the UAE during the semifinal match of the ICC T20 Global Qualifiers on Tuesday. The UAE defeated Nepal to secure a place in the T20 World Cup to be held in October/November in Australia later this year. This is the second time the UAE have qualified for the T20 World Cup. This is the first time the UAE will be playing in the T20 World Cup after 2014. Nepal, who were chasing a target of 176 runs for victory, were all out in 18.4 overs with just 107 runs on board. Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee top-scored 38 run-a-ball including three boundaries. No other batsman performed well during the match. UAE spinners Ahmad Raja and fast bowler Junaid Sidd...

By a Staff Reporter Muscat - Nepali national cricket team’s skipper Sandeep Lamichhane has been adjudged player of the match in T20I for the first time. Lamichhane bagged the honours for his superb bowling that helped Nepal defeat Canada in their last group-stage match of the ICC T20 World Cup Global Qualifiers on Monday. Canada, who opted to bat first at the Oman Cricket Academy Ground-1, were all out for 80 runs in 15 overs. Lamichhane took three wickets in four overs giving away 12 runs as Nepal dismissed Canada cheaply. Although Lamichhane has grabbed 55 wickets in 31 T20I matches, he was never before adjudged the man of the match in the shortest format of cricket. Lamichhane is the third fastest player to reach the 50-wicket milestone in 29 matches. But the man of the ma...

By a Staff Reporter Muscat- Nepal reached the semifinals of the ICC T20 World Cup Global Qualifiers staying unbeaten in the league round. On Monday, Nepal defeated Canada by 8 wickets in the third and final match of the league round to move just one step away from the T20 World Cup to be held in Australia later this year. If Nepal beats the UAE in the semifinal on Tuesday, the national team will qualify for the 2022 T20 World Cup to be held in Australia in October/November. During Monday’s match, Nepal met the target of 81 runs in  14.1 overs losing two wickets. Opener Kushal Bhurtel was unbeaten with 34 runs off 37 balls including three boundaries. Dipendra Singh Airee (not out) contributed 27 runs off 31 balls. His innings also included three boundaries. Another ope...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal is all set to host a T20I tri-series against Malaysia and Papua New Guinea at its home turf on TU cricket ground. Cricket Association of Nepal informed that the tri-series will be held towards the end of March. CAN’s acting secretary Prashant Bikram Malla confirmed that the tri-series will be held at the end of March on TU ground. He added that further details about the series will be made punlic within a few days. Before hosting the event, Nepal is scheduled to participate in an ODI tri-series involving Papua New Guinea and the UAE in mid-March in the UAE. However, the official date of the UAE visit has not yet been fixed. Although it is certain that Nepal will play the tri-series in the  UAE, the date of the event has not been fixed. ...

Subas Humagain, Muscat Nepal registered an impressive win over Oman in their ICC T20 World Cup Global Qualifiers on Friday riding on superb bowling display from captain Sandeep Lamichhane, Dipendra Singh Airee and Kamal Singh Airee. Despite weak performance in batting department, Nepal’s bowlers ensured a 39-run win over hosts Oman in their opening match. The victory has strengthened Nepal’s chances of finishing among the top two teams in Group B to qualify for the semifinals. After a poor batting display, Nepal bundled out Oman for just 78 runs in 17 overs while they were chasing a modest target of 118 runs. Oman’s wicket keeper Naseem Khusi topscored 24 runs for the hosts. Oman suffered an early setback when they lost opener Kashyap Prajapati for duck in the third ball o...

By a Staff Reporter Muscat- Nepali national cricket team’s all-rounder Dipendra Singh Airee was declared the man-of-the-match despite Nepal losing their four-nation T20I series match against Ireland on Monday. Nepal lost the match against Ireland by 16 runs. Airee performed exceptionally well with both ball and bat but his heroics went in vain. Ireland, who were invited to bat first after losing the toss, were bundled out for 127 runs in 20 overs thanks to a four-wicket haul by Airee. Airee also top scored for Nepal with 28 runs off 30 balls. However, Nepal were able to score 111 runs in 20 overs losing 9 wickets.

Subas Humagain, Muscat Nepal’s batting woes led to a 16-run defeat to full member Ireland in the final match of the four-nation T20I series despite exceptional bowling in the match held at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground in Oman. The defeat means Nepal missed a chance to beat a Test-playing nation for the first time. Chasing a modest target of 128 runs for victory, Nepal managed to score 111 runs in 20 overs losing 9 wickets. Dipendra Singh Airee top scored for Nepal with 28 runs off 30 balls that included a four and a six. Airee also starred with the ball taking 4 wickets to bundle out Ireland cheaply. Nepal needed 24 runs from the last 12 balls. Nepal’s hopes of meeting the target was effectively ended when Simi Singh forced catch out of Kushal Malla and Kamal Singh Airee i...